I knew Carl well, rode with him often and spent a summer living with him and his wife Rita in Portland. Wonderful guy and a lot of fun. In his "normal" life, he was a milk delivery guy for Alpenrose Dairy in Portland, also home of the Alepenrose Velodrome. I went with him on deliveries a few times and it was awesome... he ran almost all the time and I don't think I ever saw him slow down. He definitely had the genes for being a sprinter... just look at his legs. He worked with me on my 200 meter times - I was in the Jr. class at that time, and he told me that when I got my time into the 11 second range, he'd give me his set of USA sweats. Wow, that brings back some memories!

Thomas Edwards, Jr

20-Apr-2013 05:12

He owned Action Sports in Beaverton, OR. I bought my first pair of gloves from him. He showed me how to roll them off!

This could be the Sherwood Criterium--say 1982 or 83, where Carl came out and showed us roadies how it's done. You have to love the big "ding dong bell" on the handlebars, that is pure Carl. So sad Cancer took Carl from us to early.